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Broncos quiet in QB free agency after Russell Wilson release

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — After the first wave of free agency hit the NFL beach this past week, the Denver Broncos biggest riddle of the offseason — their quarterback depth chart — remains mostly unanswered. General manager George Paton and coach Sean Payton said in recent weeks the team would stick to a more measured approach […]

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Denver Broncos’ Week 18 game bookends a tumultuous season

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos opened the 2023 season Sept. 10 against the Las Vegas Raiders with some questions, a dash of uncertainty and the search for hope in tow. They will also bookend their season Sunday against the Raiders — but with even more questions, uncertainty and elusive hopes. “Now that you mention […]

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New Orleans Saints RB Alvin Kamara joins practice remotely ahead of potential return, source says

As he awaits clearance to rejoin the team after testing positive for COVID-19 last week, New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara is participating in live practices remotely this week, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The source said Kamara has a live video decoder at his home to watch practice and can hear coach […]

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Saints lose additional running backs for Week 17 as close contacts to Alvin Kamara

METAIRIE, La. — Replacing Alvin Kamara will be even harder for the New Orleans Saints on Sunday after their running backs room was ruled out following the star player’s positive test for COVID-19. Backups Latavius Murray and Dwayne Washington and fullback Michael Burton were placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Saturday and are out against the […]

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Sources: New Orleans Saints player’s retest comes back negative; game still on

The New Orleans Saints-Detroit Lions game will be played after a retest for the coronavirus showed negative results for a Saints player, sources confirmed to ESPN. Fullback Michael Burton had a positive COVID-19 test Saturday, but sources said a retest came back negative and that contact tracing found negative tests among those players as well. […]

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New Orleans Saints overcome disruption, rally past Detroit Lions to snap two-game losing skid

Several New Orleans Saints players and coach Sean Payton were up past 3 a.m., awaiting the negative coronavirus test results that allowed them to play a football game less than 10 hours later in Detroit on Sunday. While Payton admitted some frustrations with the process that resulted in a false-positive diagnosis for fullback Michael Burton, […]

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